I once read that the best time to transplant and move them is when they are in full flower, otherwise they have the bloom cycle disrupted for a few years. I grew them when I lived in the central California and in was even successful in Seattle. I can't get them to bloom for me in Silver Spring, MD. Every now and then over the past two weeks I've seen a patch blooming t and I'm tempted to find out who "owns" them, alas not so lucky. so far. I think they'd be great erupting in a patch of blue steel grass this time of year. Bill On Aug 10, 2009, at 10:40 PM, Kathleen Sayce wrote: > Could someone with experience growing Amaryllis belladonna tell me if > it's common for this species to skip flowering after cold winters? > > I've had bulbs in my yard for 3 years, flowering for two of them, > Last winter was colder than usual for this area, with lows around 14 > F. Foliage died back during the snow, came back after the coldest > weather was past, then died down in late spring. Then summer came, > and came further, and still, in August, no flowers. The bulbs came > from a local garden where they'd grown for many decades, and without > skipping flowering, year after year. > Kathleen > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/